Beryllium Contents of Uncontaminated Soils and Sediments in Japan

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Abstract
Beryllium and aluminum contents of uncontaminated soils (27 soil profiles including 129 horizons) and sediments (8 sediments including 49 layers) in Japan were determined. Means, standard deviations. and ranges of beryllium (oven dry matter) were as follows: surface soils except AO horizons (N = 27), 1.17 ± 0.43 (0.27–1.95) μg/g; subsoils (N = 97), 1.35 ± 0.52 (0.34–3.49) μg/g; all soil horizons except AO horizons (N = 124). 1.31 ± 0.51 (0.27–3.49) μg/g; surface sediments (N = 8), 1.36 ± 0.60 (0.65–2.40) μg/g; subsurface sediments (N = 41), 1.28 ± 0.49 (0.50–2.25) μg/g; all sediment layers (N = 49), 1.29 ± 0.50 (0.50–2.40) μg/g. The correlation coefficient between the contents of beryllium and aluminum in these soils and sediments was 0.567 (p<0.001).